Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/2231of 23 October 2023amending Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 concerning restrictive measures against ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda and persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them

Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/2231 of 23 October 2023 amending Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 concerning restrictive measures against ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda and persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Whereas: (1) On 20 September 2016, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 of 20 September 2016 concerning restrictive measures against ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda and persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them and repealing Common Position 2002/402/CFSP (OJ L 255, 21.9.2016, p. 25). . (2) The restrictive measures set out in Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 apply until 31 October 2023. (3) Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 contains a requirement to review the restrictive measures set out therein at regular intervals and at least every 12 months. On the basis of a review of that Decision, the restrictive measures should be extended until 31 October 2024. (4) Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 should therefore be amended accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In Article 6 of Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693, paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: 6. The measures referred to in Article 2(2) and Article 3(3) and (4) shall apply until 31 October 2024..

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Done at Luxembourg, 23 October 2023. For the Council The President J. Borrell Fontelles